Smitha Mony Sreedharan

Amity University | AU · Amity Institute of Microbial Technology

Biofilms are microbial communities that are attached to a surface in three dimensions. Biofilms formed when microorganisms like bacteria adhere, proliferate and enclose themselves in extracellular polymeric polymers (EPS) which is self-produced. It is formed in natural ecosystem or engineered systems and plays remarkable role in hydrodynamics in po...

Microorganisms produce active surface agents called lipopeptides (LPs) which are amphiphilic in nature. They are cyclic or linear compounds and are predominantly isolated from Bacillus and Pseudomonas species. LPs show antimicrobial activity towards various plant pathogens and act by inhibiting the growth of these organisms. Several mechanisms are...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been referred to as “fourth industrial revolution” with widespread global impact. It encompasses the application of engineering, computer science and related fields for developing smart machines which are capable of performing tasks that typically require human intelligence. Machine learning (ML) remains a subdivisi...

Indiscriminate discharge of heavy metals/metalloids from different sources into the sustainable agro-ecosystem is a major global concern for food security and human health. Arsenic (As), categorized as group one human carcinogen is a quintessential toxic metalloid that alters the microbial compositions and functions, induce physiological and metabo...

Coronavirus disease is an infectious respiratory tract disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus. The spread of this pandemic had unprecedented effect on human life and world economy. With every increasing number of infected cases, latest technologies like Machine learning (ML) and Artificial intelligence (AI) are being employed for interpreting and solvi...

Arsenic (As) is a quintessential toxic metalloid and it has been classified as Group 1 human carcinogen. The evolution of arsenic defense mechanisms due to the omnipresent nature of arsenic has resulted in its alteration to less toxic forms. The present study deals with the isolation of arsenic remediating microbial strains from soil samples and th...

Transfer learning is the advancement over conventional machine learning in which we transfer the newly obtained knowledge to existing knowledge. Traditional machine learning makes a basic assumption that the distribution of training data and testing data should be the same. But in numerous real-world cases, this identical-distribution assumption of...

Concrete structures are prone to develop cracks and cause devastation. Repair and renovation are not enough to ensure complete eradication of crack development. The entire process is costly and laborious. The microbiologically induced calcium carbonated precipitation can be effective in restoring the cracks. The calcium-based nutrients along with s...

Purpose: Antibiotics are currently being rendered non-functional by the rising incidence of multi-drug resistance amongst pathogenic bacteria. Research has now been focused on developing solutions to this problem by creating new antibiotics and enhancing the functionality of the existing ones. Patients and methods: In the present study, ciproflo...

Microbes can serve as mediators for the fabrication of complicated nano-structures, obviating the tedious and time-consuming methods of synthesis. The shape of a nanoparticle has a very prominent role in defining the functionality in prospective arenas. So, the flower shaped nanoparticles are in focus nowadays due to their enhanced electrocatalytic...

Biofabrication of nanoparticles via the principles of green nanotechnology is a key issue addressed in nanobiotechnology research. There is a growing need for development of a synthesis method for producing biocompatible stable nanoparticles in order to avoid adverse effects in medical applications. We report the use of simple and rapid biosynthesi...

Rajni Singh,1 Mony Sreedharan Smitha,1 Stalin Karuppiah,2 Surinder P Singh2 1Amity Institute of Microbial Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, 2CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, Delhi, India Abstract: GO with –OH, –CHO, –CO, –COOH, and epoxide groups is considered more suitable than other commonly used materials for bi...

The development of antibiotics has played a significant role in combating the dreaded infectious disease such as tuberculosis, pneumonia, typhoid fever and meningitis in 20th century. However, the improper use of antibiotics led to the development of multidrug resistance (MDR) in microbial flora raising a global public health concern of 21st centur...